Kerr County Court at Law Chambers Communication Rules

CRITICAL

An attorney with two or more cases set for trial at the same time must notify the affected courts immediately upon learning of the conflict.

Whenever an attorney has two or more cases on trial dockets for trial at the same time, it shall be the duty of the attorney to bring the matter to the attention of the Courts concerned immediately upon learning of the conflicting settings.

CRITICAL

Contact

Email

Attorneys practicing in the 198th and 216th Judicial District Courts must maintain a continuously operative fax number and email address and provide both to the Court, court clerks, and opposing counsel.

Any attorney practicing in the 198 & 216h Judicial District Courts shall have access to a fax machine and an email address that will be operative 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Said number and email shall be provided to the Court, the Clerks of Court, and all opposing counsel.

CRITICAL

If a case settles at mediation, counsel must notify the Court Coordinator within 7 days to cancel existing court settings.

Counsel is required to notify the Court Coordinator within 7 days if the case settles at mediation to cancel any existing court settings.

CRITICAL

Before transporting a case file to another county for a hearing, the attorney must notify the District Clerk in the county where the case is filed.

The attorney shall contact the District Clerk in the county for which the case is filed to let them know they will be picking the file up to transport it to another county for hearing.

CRITICAL

After arranging a date with the Court Coordinator and obtaining agreement from all counsel, the requesting party must forward a copy of the file-marked motion and an Order Setting to the Court for entry.

After contacting the Court Coordinator and obtaining an agreeable date with all counsel, the requesting party shall forward a copy of the file marked Motion and an Order Setting to the Court for entry.

CRITICAL

If the parties cannot agree on an ADR referral, one party must notify the Court in writing that coordination efforts failed; the Court will then enter a referral order without a hearing.

If the parties are unable to cooperate or agree to a referral of such issues to an ADR procedure, then upon written notification to the Court by one of the parties that efforts to coordinate a referral have been unsuccessful, the Court, without a hearing, shall enter an Order of Referral to an ADR procedure, and under such terms and conditions selected by the Court.

WARNING

If a hearing must be canceled, contact the Court Coordinator as soon as possible.

If for any reason, you have to cancel a hearing, please contact the Court Coordinator as soon as possible.

WARNING

If counsel cannot agree on a date, contact the Court Coordinator for instructions about proceeding with a hearing date.

If you cannot obtain a date that is agrecable to all counsel, please contact the Court Coordinator and she will advise you on how to proceed regarding a hearing date.

WARNING

A party anticipating an extensive Rule 705(b) examination must inform the court so an additional pretrial hearing may be scheduled before trial.

However, if either party anticipates that an extensive Rule 705(b) examination will be required, such shall be made known to the court so that an additional pretrial hearing for this purpose, and for the possible challenge to the expert or the testimony to be given, may be scheduled prior to the date of trial.

WARNING

Contact

Email

Communications between the Courts and attorneys sent by fax or email to the provided contacts are deemed received; this does not apply to documents filed with District Clerks.

All communications between the Courts and attorneys via fax or email to the numbers and email addresses provided shall be deemed received. This does not include filing documents with the District Clerks.

WARNING

Telephone conference hearings are permitted in some cases, subject to facility limitations, and require Court approval before the hearing date.

Hearings conducted by telephone conference call are acceptable in some cases and subject to facility limitations. Conference call hearings must be approved with the Court prior to the hearing date.

WARNING

When setting or resetting a case for trial, pre-trial, etc., please contact the Court Coordinator for available dates. Then, contact all other counsel and obtain a date that everyone is available.

When setting or resetting a case for trial, pre-trial, etc., please contact the Court Coordinator for available dates. Then, contact all other counsel and obtain a date that everyone is available.

WARNING

To obtain a resetting date, contact the Court Coordinator for available dates and then contact opposing counsel to agree on an available date.

To obtain a resetting date, please contact the Court Coordinator for available dates, then contact opposing counsel to obtain a date that is available and agreeable to all counsel.

WARNING

For a continuance agreed to by all parties, contact the Court Coordinator, who will consult with the Judge before removing the matter from the docket.

If you have a continuance that is agreed to by all parties, please contact the Court Coordinator and advise her of this and she will consult with the Judge prior to removing the matter from the docket.

WARNING

Before sending the file-marked Motion and Order Setting, contact the Court Coordinator by phone or email to obtain available hearing dates.

When setting a civil case for pre-trial, jury trial, non-jury trial or post trial hearing, please call or e-mail the Court Coordinator, prior to sending your file marked Motion and Order Setting, to obtain available hearing dates.

INFO

Contact

Phone

The listed uncontested and default matters may be set by contacting the Court Coordinator by phone.

When requesting a setting for uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults, uncontested name changes or adoptions, you do not need to send an Order Setting. These matters can be set over the phone by contacting the Court Coordinator.